[TheForge] gardens and steel scrap

[Bruce Freeman]

I haven't read about using a garbage disposer as a pomacer.  It would
probably work, but it's kinda overkill.  The old-fashioned pomacer is
a hand-cranked thing with small teeth like cleats that grind up the
apple.  Before that, apples were crushed under a heavy wheel (like a
small millstone) rolled around in a circular trough by a horse.
Whatever works.

On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 12:59 AM, lee robbins <naturadoc1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> Thank you for reminding me how happy I am that I live
>> in Nova Scotia,
>> Jerry.  Temp here is 60F, it raining and the Johnny
>> jump-ups [1] are
>> blooming in great profusion all over the now nearly
>> defunct garden
>> patch.
>>
>>
>> - Mike
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> Johnny jump ups and 60F I'm jealous, multiple frosts here and
> why do I have 14 inches of snow on my hill near Cooperstown, NY?
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> and i too found heaven in an old baler and it is interesting to think of the 3/16 shell as a cooking utensil. It was way up the hill and in looking for ballast to level the backhoe i discovered an old steel graveyard, with   various plate and farm implements which balanced the bucket.
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> in the snow today there were still great apples on the trees, the former discussions excite me to storage. i once read about using a garbage disposal over a bucket as a shredder before pressing. has anyone tried such a thing? if all the rogue apples were fermented and distilled might that bring us closer to alcohol than corn? Still not quite sugar cane like in Brazil.
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Bruce
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